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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sam Carley Blowsnake (HoChunkHaTeKah), wearing a hat and sporting long hair, is sitting next to ...
Poster

McCarthy for U.S. Senator

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait.
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Portrait of Mother and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a shawl and head scarf, posing sitting in front of her daughters, who are standing, in circa 1920s dress and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Jennie Youngthunder Decorah and Annie Thunderking Lowe Lincoln

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women, Jennie Youngthunder Decorah (PetHatChaCooWinKah) standing on the left, an...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1934
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing standing behind two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing sitting. They a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Amanda Bighawk and Marie Bighawk Whitewater and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Amanda Bighawk posing sitting holding her son Calvin Smith-Whitewater, and a Ho-Chunk w...
Photograph

Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women standing together. Flora Thundercloud Funmaker Bearheart (WaNekChaWinKah), left,...
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Studio Portrait of Henry Greencrow

Date: 1900
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man with long hair posing sitting. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and a button with a...
Photograph

Portrait of Minnie Sherman

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman, Minnie Sherman Prettyman-Bear Whitebear (AhHooSootchPaWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
Photograph

Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
Photograph

Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
Photograph

Woman Knitting

Date: 1930
Description: An elderly woman in an old-fashioned dress sits and knits by a table in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Woman with Basket

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston...
Photograph

Angel in the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: A model posed as an angel sits on the ground in front of a sylvan backdrop, warming her hands over a fire. She wears wings and a dress of diaphanous materi...
Photograph

Switzer Foundation for Girls

Date: 1920
Description: A painting, possibly a portrait of the two founders of the Switzer Foundation for Girls, Margaret and Sarah Switzer. A woman on the left is holding a scrol...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Emma Gebhardt

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band...
Postcard

Dionne Sisters, World Renowned Musicians

Date: 10 31 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of two sisters posed with a guitar and a mandolin in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing dresses, and one sister has a lace...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
Description: In a studio "gag" portrait, two men sit at a table playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Both are showing their hands and smoking cigars. Each man ...

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